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Founding a Hardware Start-Up Is Getting Easier

Harvard Business Review

venture-capital investment was for hardware start-ups last year, but that represents a big increase from 1992–2011, when the figure was less than 1% , says the Wall Street Journal. Only 3% of U.S. venture capitalists are taking a rosier view of hardware start-ups.

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It's Manufacturing's Turn for Special Treatment

Harvard Business Review

And one look at the trade deficit ($558 billion in 2011) clearly indicates we don't have as much as our foreign competitors to sell in return. Indian companies, for instance, are already doing quite well exporting services like software development, technical support, and back-office processing to America.